UK lawmakers vote to ban Palestine Action as ‘terrorist’ group | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have voted to proscribe campaign group Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organisation, raising fears about freedom of expression in the country.

Parliament voted 385-26 in favour of the measure against the group on Wednesday, the move coming after its activists broke into a military base last month and sprayed red paint on two planes in protest at the UK’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

Critics decried the chilling effect of the ban, which puts…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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